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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2021 May 12;3(5):100396. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2021.100396

Table 2.

Association between select adverse outcomes and gestational diabetes in twins, 2003–2013 (n=2,573)

Outcome Gestational diabetes Population at risk, n Cases, n (%) Unadjusted Risk Ratio (95% CI) Adjusted Risk Ratio (95% CI) Adjusted number of excess cases per 100 births (95% CI)
Preeclampsia

No 2406 440 (18) 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref)
Yes 167 54 (31) 1.7 (1.3, 2.3) 1.5 (1.1, 2.1) 10 (2, 17)

SGA of either infant

No 2406 565 (24) 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref)
Yes 167 28 (17) 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 0.8 (0.5, 1.1) −5.4 (−12, 1.5)

LGA of either infant

No 2406 218 (9) 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref)
Yes 167 18 (11) 1.2 (0.7, 1.9) 1.0 (0.6, 1.7) 0.2 (−4.3, 4.9)

NICU admission of either infant

No 2406 1105 (46) 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref) 1.0 (ref)
Yes 167 85 (51) 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 1.2 (0.9, 1.5) 8.4 (−3.7, 21)
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Adjusted for pre-pregnancy BMI, maternal race, maternal age, parity, use of in vitro fertilization, pre-pregnancy smoking and chronic hypertension

**

When the estimate is a negative value, it is the adjusted number of prevented cases per 100 births.